Smartphone-Based Secure Access Control in Wireless Network Analysis

Current generation of smart mobile devices can do all the things which were only possible with dedicated hardware. With 3G, 4G network they can even connect to data network anytime, anywhere as needed. However, there are limits to how much network data people are allowed, so most of smart mobile device users tend to connect to Wi-Fi network which doesn´t consume their data plan. Although Wi-Fi has its economic benefits, compared to wired network, there are still many security risks such as capturing or altering of network data. There are many cases where criminals of identity theft use unauthorized Wi-Fi access point to lure people in to giving their personal information. In this paper, unauthorized Wi-Fi access point is used to simulate above case, and it is compared with case which uses authorized access point.